(共17张PPT)
Unit 7
What's the highest mountain in the world
Section B 2a-2e Reading
Nowadays, if we want to know more about pandas, we can go to
It was founded in 1987.
Chengdu Research Base
It started with 6 pandas that were saved from the wild .
Find the main idea of each paragraph.
1
The _________of pandas and keepers.
2
People _______ pandas.
3
Pandas are ____________.
4
_______ to protect pandas.
daily lives
love
endangered
Ways
10
12
300
2000
Adult pandas eat about 10 kilos of bamboo every day.
Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating.
About 300 pandas live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries.
Scientists say there are now fewer than 2000 pandas living in the forests.
Amount of food (食量)
Number of pandas
Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean.
Read para.1 to answer the following questions.
Q1: Who are preparing breakfast for
baby pandas
Q2: What do the baby pandas have for
breakfast
Q3: How do baby pandas feel when they
see the keepers
Panda keepers.
Milk.
They are very excited.
run over to (跑向...)
walk into (走路时撞着)
fall over (绊倒)
Careful reading-Para.1
It is 8:30 a.m. at the Chengdu Research Base. Lin Wei and the other panda keepers are preparing milk for the baby pandas’ breakfast. At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry. When the babies see the keepers, they run over to them with excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and fall over!
un. 研究;调查 do/make/carry research on/into ...
v. 研究 research into/on ...
adj. 醒着的(作表语)---睡着的 asleep
v. 醒来 ;叫醒 sb. wake up ; wake sb. up
eg. 不要把他叫醒。 Don't wake him up.
fall over 倒下,摔倒
fall down 滑到,倒下
fall off 跌落,从,,,掉下来
= fall down from
Q4: What is Lin Wei's job
Q5: What can Lin Wei do every day
Q6: What does Lin Wei think of baby pandas
A panda keeper.
He washes, feeds and plays with them.
They're so cute and lovely, they're very special to him.
Read para.2 to answer the following questions.
Careful reading-Para.2
Lin Wei, one of the panda keepers, says“They’re so cute and lovely. I take care of them like they’re my own babies. I wash, feed and play with them every day. They’re very special to me.” In fact, many people around the world love these black and white animals. Pandas have become so popular that they are now a symbol of China.
01
Adult pandas don't have babies very often.
02
Baby pandas often die from illnesses and don’t live very long.
03
The bamboo forests get smaller.
04
Other human activities cause more problems.
Read para 3 carefully to find out the reasons.
Why is the number of pandas getting smaller and smaller
maybe only one every two years
People cut down bamboo forests.
Water pollution; Hunting....
Careful reading-Para.3
Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the forests. Another 300 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries. Pandas do not have many babies, maybe only one every two years. The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long. Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo. Many years ago, there were a lot more bamboo forests and pandas in China, but then humans started to cut down these forests. As the forests get smaller and other human activities cause more problems, pandas cannot find enough to eat and they are having fewer babies.
=about/around
每两年;每隔一年
=every other/second year
Read paragraph 4, and then fill in the blanks.
is trying hard to
___________.
Ways to
protect pandas
are doing ________ to _______________
_______________
research
the habits of pandas.
Who or which
organizations
How to save pandas
better understand
An education program
teaches ________. Tells them about the _________of saving pandas.
children
importance
Chinese
government
Scientists
save the pandas
Careful reading-Para 4
An education program in Chengdu teaches children about pandas and other endangered wild animals. They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of saving these animals. And the Chinese government is trying hard to help save the pandas. Scientists are doing research to better understand the habits of pandas. We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas.
The panda _______ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morning to ________ breakfast for the baby pandas.
2. In , pandas have become so that they are
now a symbol of China.
3. Adult pandas do not have babies very _____, and some of
the babies only live for a short time because of _______ .
keepers
prepare
fact
popular
often
illnesses
2d Complete the sentences using words from the passage.
4. A special program in Chengdu teaches ________ about why
pandas are ___________.
5.The Chinese government is helping to the pandas.
Scientists also want to better the habits of panda.
children
endangered
save
understand
Find out the key phrases
1.为某人准备某事
2.跑向...
3.兴奋地
4.走路时撞着
5.绊倒
6.照顾
prepare sth. for sb.
run over
with excitment
walk into
fall over
take care of
7.世界各地
8.大约
9.死于...
10.在某事花费了...
11. 砍伐
12.送某人去某地
12. ...的重要性
13. 做研究
around the world
or so
die from
spend sth (in) doing sth
cut down
send sb to sp.
the importance of
do/make research
Summary
Drink ____
Only _________________
Babies often die from
_______
Baby
pandas
Spend _________________
a day eating about
__________bamboo
Adult
pandas
2000______________________
300 or so__________________
Numbers
Teach ________. Tell them about the _________of saving pandas.
The Chinese government is trying hard to_____ the pandas.
Scientists are _________to better understand the
habits of pandas.
Protection
milk
one every two years
illnesses
more than 12 hours
10 kilos of
pandas living in the forests
pandas live in the zoo
or research centers
children
importance
save
trying hard
Discussion
What other ways do you think children can help to save the pandas
Let's watch a video, tell me your feeling about the pandas.